Directed by debutant Kinslin, a former assistant of A.R.Murugadoss, the movie also marks the debut of its lead actor, Dhileban who happens to be the brother of A.R.Murugadoss. The movie that was pitched in as an urban thriller with a twisted plot, had everything going for it for the first 45 minutes until the director started exploiting cinematic liberties and making a mockery out of the plot that had the potential to churn out a runaway hit!
Sakthi (Dhileban) is a share auto driver who likes to go out of his way in order to help others from the clutches of misery due to his own bitter experience. In the process, he faces the wrath of his enemies whom he hardly even knows. Sakthi overcoming all odds and emerging victorious has been told in a way that defies convention and logic!
The plot unwound on a rather curious note giving a premise on what was about to happen. The curiosity mainly arises on how the lead character has worked himself into the quagmire and how he would get out of it. Post interval the movie loses its grip over the audience completely, entering into a melodramatic mode that teases our brains with its rather insipid logic by defying almost all popular conventions.
Dhileban has made a very disappointing debut! He being the brother of AR Murugadoss could have been the only eligibility for him to enter films. He rarely made any impact. He was lifeless with his acts and dialog delivery. He has to immediately go on an acting crash course and learn the nuances if he plans to prolong his stay in the film industry!
Anjali’s bubbly role as that of a middle class girl next-door has been largely rehashed from ‘Engeyum Eppothum’. The director had tried to spice her role with some comic moments but has faltered in the execution.
Jegan, Jayaprakash and Sampath were the baddies and were convincing in the own capacities.
Other setbacks for the movie were the ordinary dialogs and below par acting! The dialogs per se would have been more authentic if the characters had mouthed with a Chennai slang as the story was shown taking place in the lower middle class Chennai locales. The construction of scenes looked as if the director got convinced in the very first take of a scene. Even a seasoned actor like Saranya Ponvannan was not upto her mark.
Music by Ghibran was average and was nowhere near the music quality of his debut movie - ‘Vaagai Sooda Vaa’.
Cinematography had no scope, so no comments!
Editing by the duo of Pravin and Srikanth was pathetic. Certain scenes looked blatantly discontinued. Dubbing was bad and mouth sync was also awry at times.
Everything said and done, I would like to congratulate the director only for his noble intention to come up with a script that was different. Though he had his heart at the right place, he failed to strike a chord because of below par acting and screenplay.
Verdict: Below Average!
Rating: 2/5
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